Contents
- Against Heresies: Book I
- Preface
- Chapter I.—Absurd Ideas of the Disciples of Valentinus as to the Origin, Name…
- Chapter II.—The Propator Was Known to Monogenes Alone. Ambition, Disturbance…
- Chapter III.—Texts of Holy Scripture Used by These Heretics to Support Their…
- Chapter IV.—Account Given by the Heretics of the Formation of Achamoth; Origin…
- Chapter V.—Formation of the Demiurge; Description of Him. He is the Creator of…
- Chapter VI.—The Threefold Kind of Man Feigned by These Heretics: Good Works…
- Chapter VII.—The Mother Achamoth, When All Her Seed Are Perfected, Shall Pass…
- Chapter VIII.—How the Valentinians Pervert the Scriptures to Support Their Own…
- Chapter IX.—Refutation of the Impious Interpretations of These Heretics
- Chapter X.—Unity of the Faith of the Church Throughout the Whole World
- Chapter XI.—The Opinions of Valentinus, With Those of His Disciples and Others
- Chapter XII.—The Doctrines of the Followers of Ptolemy and Colorbasus
- Chapter XIII.—The Deceitful Arts and Nefarious Practices of Marcus
- Chapter XIV.—The Various Hypotheses of Marcus and Others. Theories Respecting…
- Chapter XV.—Sige Relates to Marcus the Generation of the Twenty-four Elements…
- Chapter XVI.—Absurd Interpretations of the Marcosians
- Chapter XVII.—The Theory of the Marcosians, That Created Things Were Made After…
- Chapter XVIII.—Passages From Moses, Which the Heretics Pervert to the Support…
- Chapter XIX.—Passages of Scripture by Which They Attempt to Prove That the…
- Chapter XX.—The Apocryphal and Spurious Scriptures of the Marcosians, With…
- Chapter XXI.—The Views of Redemption Entertained by These Heretics
- Chapter XXII.—Deviations of Heretics From the Truth
- Chapter XXIII.—Doctrines and Practices of Simon Magus and Menander
- Chapter XXIV.—Doctrines of Saturninus and Basilides
- Chapter XXV.—Doctrines of Carpocrates
- Chapter XXVI.—Doctrines of Cerinthus, the Ebionites, and Nicolaitanes
- Chapter XXVII.—Doctrines of Cerdo and Marcion
- Chapter XXVIII.—Doctrines of Tatian, the Encratites, and Others
- Chapter XXIX.—Doctrines of Various Other Gnostic Sects, and Especially of the…
- Chapter XXX.—Doctrines of the Ophites and Sethians
- Chapter XXXI.—Doctrines of the Cainites
- Against Heresies: Book II
- Preface (i)
- Chapter I.—There is but One God: the Impossibility of its Being Otherwise
- Chapter II.—The World Was Not Formed by Angels, or by Any Other Being, Contrary…
- Chapter III.—The Bythus and Pleroma of the Valentinians, as Well as the God of…
- Chapter IV.—The Absurdity of the Supposed Vacuum and Defect of the Heretics is…
- Chapter V.—This World Was Not Formed by Any Other Beings Within the Territory…
- Chapter VI.—The Angels and the Creator of the World Could Not Have Been…
- Chapter VII.—Created Things Are Not the Images of Those Æons Who Are Within the…
- Chapter VIII.—Created Things Are Not a Shadow of the Pleroma
- Chapter IX.—There is but One Creator of the World, God the Father: This the…
- Chapter X.—Perverse Interpretations of Scripture by the Heretics: God Created…
- Chapter XI.—The Heretics, From Their Disbelief of the Truth, Have Fallen Into…
- Chapter XII.—The Triacontad of the Heretics Errs Both by Defect and Excess…
- Chapter XIII.—The First Order of Production Maintained by the Heretics is…
- Chapter XIV.—Valentinus and His Followers Derived the Principles of Their…
- Chapter XV.—No Account Can Be Given of These Productions
- Chapter XVI.—The Creator of the World Either Produced of Himself the Images of…
- Chapter XVII.—Inquiry Into the Production of the Æons: Whatever its Supposed…
- Chapter XVIII.—Sophia Was Never Really in Ignorance or Passion; Her Enthymesis…
- Chapter XIX.—Absurdities of the Heretics as to Their Own Origin: Their Opinions…
- Chapter XX.—Futility of the Arguments Adduced to Demonstrate the Sufferings of…
- Chapter XXI.—The Twelve Apostles Were Not a Type of the Æons
- Chapter XXII.—The Thirty Æons Are Not Typified by the Fact That Christ Was…
- Chapter XXIII.—The Woman Who Suffered From an Issue of Blood Was No Type of the…
- Chapter XXIV.—Folly of the Arguments Derived by the Heretics From Numbers…
- Chapter XXV.—God is Not to Be Sought After by Means of Letters, Syllables, and…
- Chapter XXVI.—“Knowledge Puffeth up, but Love Edifieth.”
- Chapter XXVII.—Proper Mode of Interpreting Parables and Obscure Passages of…
- Chapter XXVIII.—Perfect Knowledge Cannot Be Attained in the Present Life: Many…
- Chapter XXIX.—Refutation of the Views of the Heretics as to the Future Destiny…
- Chapter XXX.—Absurdity of Their Styling Themselves Spiritual, While the…
- Chapter XXXI.—Recapitulation and Application of the Foregoing Arguments
- Chapter XXXII.—Further Exposure of the Wicked and Blasphemous Doctrines of the…
- Chapter XXXIII.—Absurdity of the Doctrine of the Transmigration of Souls
- Chapter XXXIV.—Souls Can Be Recognised in the Separate State, and Are Immortal…
- Chapter XXXV.—Refutation of Basilides, and of the Opinion That the Prophets…
- Against Heresies: Book III
- Preface (i, 2)
- Chapter I.—The Apostles Did Not Commence to Preach the Gospel, or to Place…
- Chapter II.—The Heretics Follow Neither Scripture nor Tradition
- Chapter III.—A Refutation of the Heretics, From the Fact That, in the Various…
- Chapter IV.—The Truth is to Be Found Nowhere Else but in the Catholic Church…
- Chapter V.—Christ and His Apostles, Without Any Fraud, Deception, or Hypocrisy…
- Chapter VI—The Holy Ghost, Throughout the Old Testament Scriptures, Made…
- Chapter VII.—Reply to an Objection Founded on the Words of St. Paul (2 Cor. Iv…
- Chapter VIII.—Answer to an Objection, Arising From the Words of Christ (Matt…
- Chapter IX.—One and the Same God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, is He Whom…
- Chapter X.—Proofs of the Foregoing, Drawn From the Gospels of Mark and Luke
- Chapter XI—Proofs in Continuation, Extracted From St. John’s Gospel. The…
- Chapter XII.—Doctrine of the Rest of the Apostles
- Chapter XIII—Refutation of the Opinion, That Paul Was the Only Apostle Who Had…
- Chapter XIV.—If Paul Had Known Any Mysteries Unrevealed to the Other Apostles…
- Chapter XV.—Refutation of the Ebionites, Who Disparaged the Authority of St…
- Chapter XVI.—Proofs From the Apostolic Writings, That Jesus Christ Was One and…
- Chapter XVII.—The Apostles Teach That it Was Neither Christ nor the Saviour…
- Chapter XVIII.—Continuation of the Foregoing Argument. Proofs From the Writings…
- Chapter XIX.—Jesus Christ Was Not a Mere Man, Begotten From Joseph in the…
- Chapter XX.—God Showed Himself, by the Fall of Man, as Patient, Benign…
- Chapter XXI.—A Vindication of the Prophecy in Isa. Vii. 14 Against the…
- Chapter XXII.—Christ Assumed Actual Flesh, Conceived and Born of the Virgin
- Chapter XXIII.—Arguments in Opposition to Tatian, Showing That it Was Consonant…
- Chapter XXIV.—Recapitulation of the Various Arguments Adduced Against Gnostic…
- Chapter XXV.—This World is Ruled by the Providence of One God, Who is Both…
- Against Heresies: Book IV
- Preface (i, 3)
- Chapter I.—The Lord Acknowledged but One God and Father
- Chapter II.—Proofs From the Plain Testimony of Moses, and of the Other…
- Chapter III.—Answer to the Cavils of the Gnostics. We Are Not to Suppose That…
- Chapter IV.—Answer to Another Objection, Showing That the Destruction of…
- Chapter V.—The Author Returns to His Former Argument, and Shows That There Was…
- Chapter VI.—Explanation of the Words of Christ, “No Man Knoweth the Father, but…
- Chapter VII.—Recapitulation of the Foregoing Argument, Showing That Abraham…
- Chapter VIII.—Vain Attempts of Marcion and His Followers, Who Exclude Abraham…
- Chapter IX.—There is but One Author, and One End to Both Covenants
- Chapter X.—The Old Testament Scriptures, and Those Written by Moses in…
- Chapter XI.—The Old Prophets and Righteous Men Knew Beforehand of the Advent of…
- Chapter XII.—It Clearly Appears That There Was but One Author of Both the Old…
- Chapter XIII.—Christ Did Not Abrogate the Natural Precepts of the Law, but…
- Chapter XIV.—If God Demands Obedience From Man, if He Formed Man, Called Him…
- Chapter XV.—At First God Deemed it Sufficient to Inscribe the Natural Law, or…
- Chapter XVI.—Perfect Righteousness Was Conferred Neither by Circumcision nor by…
- Chapter XVII.—Proof That God Did Not Appoint the Levitical Dispensation for His…
- Chapter XVIII.—Concerning Sacrifices and Oblations, and Those Who Truly Offer…
- Chapter XIX.—Earthly Things May Be the Type of Heavenly, but the Latter Cannot…
- Chapter XX.—That One God Formed All Things in the World, by Means of the Word…
- Chapter XXI.—Abraham’s Faith Was Identical With Ours; This Faith Was Prefigured…
- Chapter XXII.—Christ Did Not Come for the Sake of the Men of One Age Only, but…
- Chapter XXIII.—The Patriarchs and Prophets by Pointing Out the Advent of…
- Chapter XXIV.—The Conversion of the Gentiles Was More Difficult Than That of…
- Chapter XXV.—Both Covenants Were Prefigured in Abraham, and in the Labour of…
- Chapter XXVI.—The Treasure Hid in the Scriptures is Christ; the True Exposition…
- Chapter XXVII—The Sins of the Men of Old Time, Which Incurred the Displeasure…
- Chapter XXVIII.—Those Persons Prove Themselves Senseless Who Exaggerate the…
- Chapter XXIX.—Refutation of the Arguments of the Marcionites, Who Attempted to…
- Chapter XXX.—Refutation of Another Argument Adduced by the Marcionites, That…
- Chapter XXXI.—We Should Not Hastily Impute as Crimes to the Men of Old Time…
- Chapter XXXII.—That One God Was the Author of Both Testaments, is Confirmed by…
- Chapter XXXIII.—Whosoever Confesses That One God is the Author of Both…
- Chapter XXXIV.—Proof Against the Marcionites, That the Prophets Referred in All…
- Chapter XXXV.—A Refutation of Those Who Allege That the Prophets Uttered Some…
- Chapter XXXVI.—The Prophets Were Sent From One and the Same Father From Whom…
- Chapter XXXVII.—Men Are Possessed of Free Will, and Endowed With the Faculty of…
- Chapter XXXVIII.—Why Man Was Not Made Perfect From the Beginning
- Chapter XXXIX.—Man is Endowed With the Faculty of Distinguishing Good and Evil…
- Chapter XL.—One and the Same God the Father Inflicts Punishment on the…
- Chapter XLI.—Those Persons Who Do Not Believe in God, but Who Are Disobedient…
- Against Heresies: Book V
- Preface (i, 4)
- Chapter I.—Christ Alone is Able to Teach Divine Things, and to Redeem Us: He…
- Chapter II.—When Christ Visited Us in His Grace, He Did Not Come to What Did…
- Chapter III.—The Power and Glory of God Shine Forth in the Weakness of Human…
- Chapter IV.—Those Persons Are Deceived Who Feign Another God the Father Besides…
- Chapter V.—The Prolonged Life of the Ancients, the Translation of Elijah and of…
- Chapter VI.—God Will Bestow Salvation Upon the Whole Nature of Man, Consisting…
- Chapter VII.—Inasmuch as Christ Did Rise in Our Flesh, it Follows That We Shall…
- Chapter VIII.—The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Which We Receive Prepare Us for…
- Chapter IX.—Showing How That Passage of the Apostle Which the Heretics Pervert…
- Chapter X.—By a Comparison Drawn From the Wild Olive-tree, Whose Quality but…
- Chapter XI.—Treats Upon the Actions of Carnal and of Spiritual Persons; Also…
- Chapter XII.—Of the Difference Between Life and Death; of the Breath of Life…
- Chapter XIII.—In the Dead Who Were Raised by Christ We Possess the Highest…
- Chapter XIV.—Unless the Flesh Were to Be Saved, the Word Would Not Have Taken…
- Chapter XV.—Proofs of the Resurrection From Isaiah and Ezekiel; the Same God…
- Chapter XVI.—Since Our Bodies Return to the Earth, it Follows That They Have…
- Chapter XVII.—There is but One Lord and One God, the Father and Creator of All…
- Chapter XVIII.—God the Father and His Word Have Formed All Created Things…
- Chapter XIX.—A Comparison is Instituted Between the Disobedient and Sinning Eve…
- Chapter XX.—Those Pastors Are to Be Heard to Whom the Apostles Committed the…
- Chapter XXI.—Christ is the Head of All Things Already Mentioned. It Was Fitting…
- Chapter XXII.—The True Lord and the One God is Declared by the Law, and…
- Chapter XXIII.—The Devil is Well Practised in Falsehood, by Which Adam Having…
- Chapter XXIV.—Of the Constant Falsehood of the Devil, and of the Powers and…
- Chapter XXV.—The Fraud, Pride, and Tyrannical Kingdom of Antichrist, as…
- Chapter XXVI.—John and Daniel Have Predicted the Dissolution and Desolation of…
- Chapter XXVII.—The Future Judgment by Christ. Communion With and Separation…
- Chapter XXVIII.—The Distinction to Be Made Between the Righteous and the…
- Chapter XXIX.—All Things Have Been Created for the Service of Man. The Deceits…
- Chapter XXX.—Although Certain as to the Number of the Name of Antichrist, Yet…
- Chapter XXXI.—The Preservation of Our Bodies is Confirmed by the Resurrection…
- Chapter XXXII.—In That Flesh in Which the Saints Have Suffered So Many…
- Chapter XXXIII.—Further Proofs of the Same Proposition, Drawn From the Promises…
- Chapter XXXIV.—He Fortifies His Opinions With Regard to the Temporal and…
- Chapter XXXV.—He Contends That These Testimonies Already Alleged Cannot Be…
- Chapter XXXVI.—Men Shall Be Actually Raised: the World Shall Not Be…